Rescue the trapped soul
It was in one of the ancient books that she discovered the interlayer of paper, which said that the Tianban Wheel could liberate all confused and distressed souls.
She immediately wanted to find the Tianfan Wheel. The raised particles on the paper looked like words at first glance, so she touched them out of curiosity.
As she touched it, her finger was pierced by the raised particles, and blood dripped onto the paper and was immediately absorbed. The bloodstains on the paper and the puncture wound on her hand also slowly disappeared.
Yuanli cast a spell to check if there was any evil spell on the paper, but what she got was that it was just an ordinary piece of paper.
While studying the paper, Yuanli suddenly had the idea of adding a few more drops of blood, and she actually did so according to her thought.
When she ran her fingers over the raised particles on the paper again, her fingers were cut again.
She did not remove her hand, but continued to stroke it, the blood being greedily sucked up by the paper.
Yuanli sensed something was wrong and tried to remove her fingers, but she found that they seemed to be stuck to the paper and could not be freed no matter what she did.
Even Yuanli tried many spells but couldn't separate her fingers from the paper.
At this time, she thought of Heng Jin. Asking him for help would definitely be no problem.
The paper seemed to hear her thoughts and suddenly fell from her fingers.
Looking at the paper lying on the ground, Yuanli didn't dare to pick it up with her hands, so she had to cast a spell to lift the paper up and float it in the air.
But in a moment, the large pool of blood on the paper disappeared completely.
Then, the Tianfan Roulette on the paper fell off the paper vividly. Yuanli quickly cast a spell to hold up the falling Tianfan Roulette, so that it did not fall to the ground.
The trace of the Tianfan Wheel drawn on the paper disappeared, leaving only the words: It can free all confused and troubled souls.
The protruding particles did not disappear. After trying for a long time to decipher it, I finally put together a sentence: Recite the mantra from the underworld to awaken it.
Yuanli tried many scriptures related to salvation and liberation taught to her by Cha Suxun, and she really got lucky and made the Tianfan Wheel start turning.
From that time on, she had the idea of using the Tianfan Wheel to liberate the earthbound spirits in Huamian Village.
Thinking back on this, Yuanli was surprised to find that she had actually forgotten most of this matter before.
In her memory, she had no doubt about the origin of the Tianfan Wheel, as if she had owned it for a long time, and the method of salvation was just an accidental epiphany, and she had been reading the books copied for her by Tianshu in those days.
Suddenly, a white light appeared in the dark distance in front of my eyes, accompanied by the sound of toes stepping on water.
Seeing the white light slowly approaching her, Yuanli was on guard and wanted to step back. But before she could take a step back, she heard a woman's voice say, "Don't be afraid of me."
After hearing the gentle and warm voice, Yuanli actually felt much more at ease.
She stood there, watching the white light slowly approach her. As the area of the light expanded, she realized that the light she saw came from a lantern, and the person holding it was a white-haired woman.
When the woman stood in front of her, only five steps away from her, Yuanli could see the woman's full appearance.
She was petite and lively, with long white hair untied in a bun, left hanging down her back. Yet, it seemed well-maintained, soft, shiny, and untangled. Her skin was very fair, even her fluttering eyelashes were snow-white. Her eyes were large and round, her nose was high, and her cherry lips were painted with lip rouge as red as blood.
The style of the dress she was wearing was rare yet familiar. Yuanli thought about it carefully before she remembered where she had seen clothes of this style before.
However, the ancient gods in the scrolls of ancient deities tens of thousands of years old, preserved and enshrined in the heavenly library, were wearing clothes of similar style.
The wooden lantern in my hand is intricately carved with patterns, and the figures painted on the rotating lamp wall interpret the story behind it like a shadow play.
Yuanli noticed that the most special thing about this lamp was that the tassels under the lamp were strung with icy gems, which looked very much like the teardrops that had just gathered above the Tianfan Wheel.
The woman held out the lantern in her hand towards her, as if to give it to her.
In the breath that came with the woman, Yuanli vaguely sensed some remaining divine power.
Yuanli didn't rush to take the lantern from her hand, and asked, "Were those voices just now you?"
“It’s me, but it’s not me.”
"I don't quite understand..."
She took a step forward, approaching her and offering the lantern to her again. Seeing that she didn't take it, the woman chuckled softly, a sound so beautiful it seemed like the sound of nature.
"Don't you firmly want to be the next me? Even if it means falling into an endless abyss of darkness, even if it means becoming the next earthbound spirit forever lost and trapped, will you still save them? If you say you give up now, I will send you back immediately, and pretend that none of this has ever happened. Everything is still in time. What do you want to choose, Yuanli?"
"How do you know my name is Yuanli?"
"From the moment I chose you, I knew everything about you. You don't have time to hesitate. I have no answers to your many questions until you become the next me. The more you know, the sooner your death warrant will come. Tell me your choice, Yuanli. The moment you take this lantern from my hand, you will become the next me. I have already told you the price and reward."
Yuanli didn't reply much, only asking, "Are you sure the reward you mentioned means that all the earthbound spirits that have been liberated can be treated like the ordinary souls that were led into the underworld by the Yin messengers?"
"Yes."
After getting a definite answer, Yuanli took the lantern she handed over.
The moment the lantern came into her hands, the white light it emitted instantly turned into the same faint blue light as her real body. The tassel under the lantern and the vivid paintings on the lamp wall disappeared.
A flash of surprise and appreciation flashed across her eyes, and then she quickly regained her composure and smiled. "My name is Chi Huang. We will meet again soon, and then I will answer your questions."
As soon as Chi Huang finished speaking, she disappeared along with the darkness that enveloped her.
In front of her, the three of them were looking at her with strangely worried eyes. Suddenly, a row of Sanskrit mantras that she had never seen before appeared on the Tianfan Wheel. Yuanli subconsciously recited this sentence aloud, and she was the only one who recited this Sanskrit mantra.
After he finished speaking, the teardrops floating above the Tianfan Wheel turned into translucent gems exactly the same as the tassels of Chihuang's lantern, and were completely absorbed by the Tianfan Wheel.
Yuanli suddenly understood what the transparent gem on the lantern's tassel was, and why the tassel disappeared when she took the lantern.
The Tianfan Wheel emits a dazzling and blinding light, making it impossible for people to look directly at it, so they have to close their eyes.
When the light faded and they opened their eyes again, the Tianfan Roulette had returned to normal and stopped spinning. It shrank and floated two fists' distance in front of Yuanli's chest.
The women's souls seemed unchanged, but when Ah Bang took out the Soul-Locking Chain and tried to trap them, he exclaimed in surprise, "It worked! Only five souls are still earthbound spirits. With this method, there's no need to worry about many earthbound spirits being trapped and bound in the human world!"
Hearing this, besides the delighted souls, the other souls were even more delighted and worried. They wanted to ask questions but hesitated, unable to speak, and could only subconsciously look at Meimei for help.
Meimei asked cautiously, "Xingjun, the Yincha masters, could you please tell us which of the five souls are still earthbound spirits?"
A Bang stretched out the soul-locking chain and cast a spell to trap souls. The moment the soul-locking chain was swung, it suddenly extended and instantly trapped all the souls except the one that was still an earthbound spirit.
The result is self-evident. The souls that are not trapped are the ones who fail in salvation.
The five souls looked at the soul-locking chains that were not attached to their souls with frustration and disappointment. Their eyes fell on the broken and incomplete bones at their feet, but they still did not shed a tear. Even though they wanted to cry very much, they just couldn't cry.
In fact, when they learned that only five souls were still earthbound spirits, they already knew it would be themselves. It was just like when they were steamed to death and watched their bodies become transparent as souls, they were unwilling to believe that they were dead.
At this moment, the joyful atmosphere among the women's souls suddenly became depressed and lost, and they all felt sorry for those who failed.
And Meimei is also... one of the five souls that are still earthbound spirits.
Yuanli walked towards them and stood in front of Meimei. "I told you, helping yourself to liberate yourself is also an extremely important skill. This is my first time trying to liberate the earthbound spirits. I don't know what happened when the Tianfan Wheel was spinning just now. Don't be discouraged if you fail. Let's find the reason and try again."
Ah Bang added, "There are several known reasons why a soul becomes an unbreakable earthbound spirit. One is being trapped by a magical instrument, spell, or array. Another is having an exceptionally deep grudge and suffering. These situations often have different and somewhat tricky circumstances. For example, after death, a soul may not realize they are dead and have become a soul, choosing to forget certain memories, resulting in loss, and then repeating a specific action or memory fragment from before death without realizing it. Alternatively, a wronged ghost may be clinging to a grudge from their past, and the soul may have possessed the living and caused harm and sacrifice, becoming trapped in this place and refusing to leave. The soul then merges with an object or house, and over time becomes an earthbound spirit. Another example is a soul that dies suddenly before its lifespan is over and is then hidden. This is generally what I can think of regarding bound spirits. After all, many earthbound spirits are strangely impossible to liberate, and we haven't yet discovered the exact reason."
Upon hearing this, the five earthbound spirits began to follow Ah Bang's words and began to check whether they had any of the factors that might lead to the failure of the salvation.
Yuanli said, "Besides the reasons given by this ghost messenger, you'd better also think carefully about how you differed from others when I performed salvation just now. Those who succeeded in salvation should also talk about what happened just now and find the differences."
The woman standing next to Meimei said timidly, "I think, could it be... tears? Sister Meimei didn't shed any tears."
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